Chapter 242: Chapter 226: Cultivating for 300 Years (2)

“What? Her?” Pei Min was taken aback.

“The power of those insects originates from the flesh of the existence on the Ancient Moon… Of course, his flesh contains more than just the essence of Spiritual Qi, and more than just immortal or demonic nature. What can be transformed from it is certainly not limited to those heavenly treasures.”

“Demon King…” Pei Min muttered these two words, recalling what the elder explained to him, and the doubt in his heart instantly cleared.

“Fortunately, the creatures that can be transformed are the same, just as the residue of the Black Insects can transform into a type of heavenly treasure. Perhaps the Qingling you mentioned is precisely one of the ’types’ of the Human Race that the Black Insects can transform into, and beyond that, there are no other forms.”

“Since you know about it, you might as well kill it when you encounter it next time, to prevent another Demon Calamity…”

The middle-aged man in gray spoke casually.

“Wait, senior, what exactly is your identity? You must be doing more than just these things…” Pei Min pursued the question.

“Me? I’m just the patchwork repairman for Sword Spirit Heaven.”

The middle-aged man in gray took a sip of wine, and his figure disappeared. From beginning to end, nothing too emotional about the Demon Calamity could be seen on his face, as if these matters were nothing to him.

Pei Min remembered their meeting when he opened the inheritance from the deserted tomb; the middle-aged man’s visit was not random.

The inheritance he opened… could it be corresponding to immortal nature, as opposed to demonic nature?

These thoughts flashed through Pei Min’s mind, somewhat chaotic.

[The middle-aged man in gray appears again, and you still do not know his identity, but you have learned the true identity of ’Qingling’.]

[You discovered the origin, and you reported the specific situation to Sword Mountain River.]

[The next day, a large number of sword cultivators descended from Cloud Mountain, conducting a sweeping cleanup of all Demon Calamities in the area, and the chaos and bizarre disturbances caused by the Demon Calamity were utterly annihilated by the sword cultivators’ sharp swords.]

[In just one month, most of the beings within the Flame Sword Dynasty returned to normal, though half of them had perished forever, greatly weakening the strength of the Flame Sword Dynasty.]

[Three months later, Sword Mountain River began to spread the Confucian Sword Dao, establishing the Confucian Sword Academy in various Royal Courts, intending to use this branch of sword dao to completely eradicate all outdated practices in Sword Spirit Heaven, and thereby perfect the order in the mortal world, so that mortal resources could better serve Sword Mountain River’s cultivation needs.]

[You returned to Battle Absolute Sword Institute and resumed your life between the two points…]

The matters on Pei Min’s side were considered resolved.

Whatever great terror, great strangeness, beyond all reason, bloodshed, mental pollution…

Under the sword’s edge, under absolute power, they all completely dissipated, especially for cultivators who strengthen themselves through the study of the principles of the world. Unlike those who only know power, sword cultivators, though merely a branch, possess most characteristics of cultivators, and they can discern the root causes of these happenings.

“There must be a fundamental cause for the Demon and Monster Chaos World in Great Lii as well…” Jiang Ming murmured, his brows furrowing.

“Is it… demonic nature…”

The chaos caused by the Demon Calamity bore some resemblance to the chaos in Great Lii.

This made it hard for Jiang Ming not to draw parallels.

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[Celestial Sword Calendar, year 98,166, your Seven Stars Sword Technique made another breakthrough, and you could feel the power of your seven paths of sword dao becoming more cohesive.]

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[Celestial Sword Calendar, year 98,183, you traversed Endless Sea, slaying three Demon Kings who sought to stir a tsunami.]

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[Celestial Sword Calendar, year 98,191, you reached a critical time in your breakthrough, and you no longer returned to Sword Spirit Heaven to carry out tasks.]

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[Celestial Sword Calendar, year 98,213, there was no longer your presence within Sword Spirit Heaven.]

The loss of presence is indeed a peculiar thing.

Pei Min walked within the Sword Institute, wearing an elder’s robe, whose hood was designed large enough to obscure half the face of the elder.

The disciples Pei Min encountered all saluted him, yet they didn’t know who he was.

It’s been over a hundred years since Pei Min broke through the Golden Core; a hundred years is enough for the cycle of several generations of lower-level disciples, but it would never erase the prestige of a Golden Core True Master.

And now… no one knew Pei Min’s identity…

Even in the Scripture Pavilion, which recorded the history of the Sword Institute, the earlier portions of many manuscripts were blank, only visible to certain special individuals.

The new generation of Celestial Pride completely replaced the old generation of Celestial Pride.

Within the Sword Institute, only the young Golden Core Elders remained walking about.

Pei Min left the Sword Institute with a smile.

Not only in the Sword Institute, but in other places as well, Pei Min’s identity information was gone.

In the records of the Huo Family in the Fire Realm, no one knew why the current Patriarch Huo Chixia was able to attain the inheritor’s status, and even as Huo Chixia achieved the Mid-Stage Golden Core, her existence grew weaker.

In the Jinjian Dynasty, within the records of the Pei Family, the existence of the Pei Family’s progenitor grew weaker, while Pei Xinghe’s record remained intact.

Even within the Broken Cocoon Alliance, where Su Can and Li Yu should have harbored hatred and other complex emotions towards Pei Min, they surprisingly forgot him.

Pei Min fought in the Reflection World for nearly a century; now, only those comrades who fought alongside him recognized him.

“This frees me of all entanglements…” Pei Min stood high above, looking down at Cloud Mountain with a slight smile at the corner of his mouth.

Clouds Above the Mountains and Rivers remained as busy as ever, with sword cultivators engaging in cultivation and sword training, new disciples joining, the Sword Institute holding contests, and leaving the mountain to complete tasks…

“The next step, achieving Nascent Soul…”

[Celestial Sword Calendar, year 98,233, with accumulated strength, you gradually approached the ceiling of the Golden Core Realm.]

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[Celestial Sword Calendar, year 98,255, you successfully completed all Golden Core cultivation, becoming a Golden Core Peak Cultivator; your cultivation in the Golden Core stage was without further advancement, leaving an Immortal Golden Core without flaw.]

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[Celestial Sword Calendar, year 98,281, the Void Insect Tide attacked again, and you stood at its most densely concentrated point as the absolute backbone.]

[With the aid of your Five Elements Yin Yang Sword Dao and Seven Stars Sword Technique, it took shape, and under your defense, the insect tide couldn’t move an inch closer to you.]

[On the 91st day of the Void Insect Tide, the Sword Master intervened, and you witnessed an earth-shattering battle, ultimately both the Sword Master and the opponent’s Tier Three Black Insect withdrew their forces.]

[The Void Insect Tide retreated, and you gained some insights.]

[Celestial Sword Calendar, year 98,310, feeling inspired, you returned to Sword Spirit Heaven to prepare for your Nascent Soul breakthrough.]

Nascent Soul, the Young Primordial Spirit.

However, the true Primordial Spirit is not something mortals can achieve in one stride, which led to the development of Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, and Golden Core, gradually condensing into a Nascent Soul, and transforming a Nascent Soul into a Primordial Spirit to attain the Great Dao.

The Nascent Soul equates to Land Immortals, and in some schools of thought, the Nascent Soul truly separates the immortal from the mortal.

The difficulty in breaking through is substantial.

Especially for Sword Spirit Heaven, which upholds the path of ancient cultivators, offering very few auxiliary methods within its cultivation system.

“If my Alchemy Dao were successful, using some materials from Sword Mountain River, I could refine some auxiliary pills… But unfortunately, my Alchemy Dao can only produce Foundation Establishment Pills.”

“Sword Mountain River does have some auxiliary materials, but primarily it relies on the cultivator themselves…”

Even now, with Pei Min’s Unity Sword Body extensively developed and possessing the celestial spirit root for cultivation aptitude, he had no guarantees.

Even Dual Spirit Roots could only be considered a Golden Core Seed, not guaranteeing an absolute future of Golden Core, and Celestial Spirit Root could not be deemed an absolute Nascent Soul, only a Nascent Soul Seed…

“Having cultivated for three hundred years… today I wish to see just how vast is this barrier…” Pei Min murmured.

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